as in dissident
a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs
a society that prized conformity very highly and treated dissenters of any kind very harshly
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Recent Examples of dissenter
With opposition from his own GOP colleagues, Johnson arrived at the Capitol with outward confidence after working into the night to sway dissenters.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Such is normally a formality, but the tiny GOP majority has dissenters.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Heavy prison sentences handed down Tuesday to 45 pro-democracy activists suggest instead a Chinese bid to crush a generation of dissenters.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
Customer reaction on Yelp was mostly positive with several dissenters.
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Such is normally a formality, but the tiny GOP majority has dissenters.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Heavy prison sentences handed down Tuesday to 45 pro-democracy activists suggest instead a Chinese bid to crush a generation of dissenters.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
Customer reaction on Yelp was mostly positive with several dissenters.
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Dissenter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissenter. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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